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>Tim Janik wrote to gtk-list (slightly modified):</P
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>Define a signal handler:</P
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>gint
signal_handler_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event, gpointer func_data)
{
  if (GTK_IS_BUTTON(widget) &#38;&#38;
       (event-&#62;type==GDK_2BUTTON_PRESS ||
        event-&#62;type==GDK_3BUTTON_PRESS) ) {
    printf("I feel %s clicked with button %d\n",
           event-&#62;type==GDK_2BUTTON_PRESS ? "double" : "triple",
           event-&#62;button);
  }

  return FALSE;
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>And connect the handler to your object:</P
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  /* button init stuff */     

  g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(button),
                     "button_press_event",
                     G_CALLBACK(signal_handler_event),
                     NULL);

  /* and/or */

  g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(button),
                     "button_release_event",
                     G_CALLBACK(signal_handler_event),
                     NULL);

  /* something else */
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>and, Owen Taylor wrote:</P
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>"Note that a single button press will be received
beforehand, and if you are doing this for a button, you will
therefore also get a "clicked" signal for the button. (This
is going to be true for any toolkit, since computers aren't
good at reading one's mind.)"</SPAN
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